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The Fort St. John Fire Department provided a wildfire deployment report to council on April 8th detailing the process, decision-making criteria, and expenses of sending local firefighters out to assist BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews.
A group of local farmers are launching a new initiative soon to help protect livestock during emergencies such as fires and floods.
The City of Fort St. John is getting provincial funding for a new effort to tackle and reduce public safety issues like mental health, addictions, and poverty.
In this edition, we provide more context for the North Peace Leisure Facility. Plus, events happening April 9-15, 2024.
The energy regulator says there was no detection of gas off-site, and it will continue to investigate the cause of the leak.
Chetwynd’s feral and stray cat population is causing a crisis, says Paige Wards, president of the On Our Way Home Animal Rescue.
Fort St. John’s soccer community will have the opportunity to participate in Resilience BC’s International Soccer Tournament at the end of May.
The project was conceived in April 2021, and filming didn’t start until a year later.Â
Below are the latest sentences handed out from the Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, and Chetwynd Provincial Courts from April 2nd to April 6th.
Three new wildfires were sparked in northeast B.C. over the weekend, and all three are suspected to have been caused by human activity.
Those who don't follow the ban could face a violation ticket of $1,150, be required to pay an administrative penalty of up to $10,000, or, if convicted in court, be fined up to $100,000 and sentenced to one year in jail.
Fort St. John reported 108 property sales in the first quarter of 2024, with a combined value of $40.6 million.
Police are looking for a stolen vehicle after a man was robbed at gunpoint in the Duncan Cran area on the weekend.
RCMP are looking for any witnesses after a collision that claimed two lives.
Fort St. John council received a presentation showing the year-long process and goals of the 2024 High on Ice festival during their March 25th Committee of the Whole meeting.
Northern Health has responded to concerns surrounding the 2023 memo that was leaked on social media earlier this week, while the Peace River North MLA called the situation "unbelievable and unfathomable.”
Building a new North Peace Leisure Facility will increase property tax bills, but Fort St. John council member Trevor Bolin says it won’t be as extreme as resident posting on social media make it seem.
Prince George Fire Centre (PGFC) members say the area experienced 673 wildfires and 2,276,962 hectares of burned land in 2023, according to a presentation to the Peace River Regional District board on April 4th.
The proposed US$3.4-billion Cedar LNG facility is looking more likely to become a reality in the wake of recent positive statements by the project partners.
Peter Oliphant, a golf professional with over 25 years of experience, joined Lakepoint Golf Club this February.
